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Police in Bulgaria’s
city of Plovdiv checked 95 establishments – restaurants, bars, coffee
shops and fast food outlets – in a two-day special operation, fining
11 of them for not keeping to anti-epidemic measures, Bulgarian
National Television said on May 17.

Health Minister Kiril
Ananiev allowed the re-opening of open-air parts of restaurants,
coffee shops and bars as of May 5, subject to keeping to rules such
as disinfection, physical spacing and staff wearing masks to prevent
the spread of Covid-19.

BNT said that during the two-day special operation in Plovdiv on May 15 and 16, four places were issued written recommendations on how to improve compliance with the measures.

Of the 11 that were
fined, most were for employees failing to wear protective masks while
in an enclosed space, the report said.

Meanwhile,
speaking on the eve of the May 18 re-opening of shopping malls in
Bulgaria, national operational headquarters staff member Professor
Todor Kantardzhiev said that after people try on clothes, the garment
should be lightly sprayed with alcohol or a disinfectant that will
not damage the fabric.

The garment
could be left in a dry place for a few hours, or another option would
be to irradiate it with a UV lamp, Kantardzhiev said.

He said that air conditioning in shopping malls should not direct air within the building from one room to another.

Kantzardzhiev
said that he was sure that the regular inspections by regional health
inspectorates would ensure that this rule was not broken.

(Photo,
of the Kapana district in Plovdiv: Lance Nelson ofappfactory.bg)

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continuing coverage of the Covid-19 situation in Bulgaria, please
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